Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 21 The Power of Monsters

The next morning, light snow began to fall from the sky.

The old butler, Elif, looked up at the snowflakes with some concern and said worriedly, "The temperature is getting even lower!"

Raven glanced at it a few times, then said, "We need to speed things up."

Not only them, but all the residents of the territory felt a sense of crisis.

It's snowing lightly today, but a blizzard is expected tomorrow.

After quickly filling their stomachs, people immediately set off to the forest to cut down timber to build houses.

It's snowing, and the temperature outside has plummeted.

Several children in the territory sat in a row under the tent, looking at the snow scene outside, their faces full of worry.

Three snow-hatted monsters sat beside them, looking up at the snow with them.

"Ugh~!"

As an Ice-type Pokémon, Snowcap is naturally unafraid of the cold and can live freely even in environments as cold as -30 degrees Celsius.

The three snow-hatted monsters were very happy to see snow falling from the sky.

They looked at their friends, reached out and pulled them, wanting to invite everyone to go out and play in the snow together.

"Mm-mmm~"

But the children weren't in the mood to play at all.

Despite their young age, they are very clear about their current situation as they have come this far.

Lost and disoriented, lacking food and timber, the parents' faces were always etched with worry.

At that moment, the children looked up at the snow in the sky, their little brows furrowed, and they couldn't help but worry about their parents, fearing that they wouldn't be able to build their houses before the blizzard arrived.

The snow-hat monsters belatedly sensed the children's unhappiness, and they were somewhat confused.

"Snow Hat Monster, we can't play with you guys today," a boy said.

"Ugh?" The snow-hatted monsters scratched their heads, a look of disappointment creeping onto their faces. "Ugh..."

"The blizzard is coming soon. Dad and Mom have gone to the forest to cut down trees and build a house. If we can't finish building the house before the blizzard arrives, everyone will freeze to death," a five- or six-year-old girl said with a worried expression.

"No, we can't just play here like this!" A slightly older boy clenched his fist and said sensibly, "We have to do something too!"

"But... what can we do?" another girl asked, looking bewildered.

"Gather berries, collect fallen leaves and branches, help carry things, anything is fine!" the boy said as he stood up.

He looked at the Snow Hat Monsters and said to them, "Snow Hat Monsters, you can play by yourselves for now! We're going to help out!"

The snow-hatted monsters blinked: "Ugh..."

It seems like everyone's encountered some difficulties...

The snow-hatted monster looked at the children in front of it, and then happily exclaimed, "Ugh!" They wanted to go over too!
The children took out baskets, cloth bags, and other items from the tent to hold the berries.

They didn't dare go far, so they picked berries from the bushes near where everyone was cutting down trees.

The snow-hat monsters followed along, clattering along.

They spotted the humans wielding axes, forcefully chopping down the trees.

"Ugh..."

The three snow-hatted monsters blinked, their gazes shifting between the children searching for berries and the adults chopping down trees.

Although they don't understand many things, they are very clear about one thing.

—Once everyone is done with their work, they can continue playing with them!
"Ugh..."

Since that's the case, let them help too!
The residents of the territory also noticed the three magical beasts. However, everyone was busy working to survive and didn't pay much attention to them.

Several men suddenly saw the three magical beasts called Snow Hat Monsters walk to the side of a large tree.

The next second, a dense white light surged from their bodies, as if they were gathering some kind of mysterious power.

What are those magical beasts doing?
While the group was stunned, a powerful energy erupted from the snow-hat monster, transforming into a thick beam of light that blasted towards the large tree in front of them.

With a loud crash, the thick, tall tree fell to the ground.

Everyone: "!!!"

The surrounding residents were also drawn to this scene, and everyone showed expressions of surprise.

"That is……"

"What are those three magical beasts doing?"

The tree they painstakingly chopped down with axes for ages was felled in an instant by those few monsters...?
"Snow Hat Monster?"

The children also noticed the Snow Hat Monster's actions at this moment.

They all looked in this direction.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, the Snow Hat Monster simply responded with a happy cry.

"Ugh~!"

The adults were slightly taken aback, somewhat confused about what the three magical beasts were doing.

But upon seeing the appearance of the snow-hatted monsters, the children quickly realized what was going on.

"The Snow Hat Monster is helping everyone cut down trees!" a girl shouted excitedly.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, the adults who were working froze on the spot, their faces showing disbelief.

Are demons and monsters voluntarily helping them with their work?
This...this can't be possible, right?

But it really happened right before their eyes.

People stared blankly at the scene.

But Ryan was quick to react.

Prince Raven was right after all!
These three magical beasts are truly different from those wild magical beasts that are inherently ferocious!
Prince Raven is right—as long as you treat monsters with sincerity, they will surely respond to you!
With the help of these magical beasts, they will surely be able to get through this winter smoothly!

Thinking of this, Ryan was filled with fighting spirit. He looked at everyone and gave the order:
"Everyone, don't stand still, cooperate with the Snow Hat Monster!"

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"Teacher, we are ready!"

On the riverbank, Anna and Zoroya looked at Raven with high spirits.

Humans and monsters, monster riders and trainers...

The thought of becoming a Beast Tamer like Lord Aaron kept Anna so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.

Last night, she held Solomon and whispered secrets all night long.

They want to become very, very powerful monster tamers so they can protect their mother and everyone else!
“Very good.” There were still many matters awaiting his attention within the territory, so Raven didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to the point: “Have you memorized everything on that parchment I gave you the other day?”

“I understand!” Anna answered loudly. She hesitated for a moment, then added, “But… there are still many things I don’t understand.”

For example, attributes, characteristics, evolution...

Raven smiled and said, "The rest is what I'm going to teach you today."

(End of this chapter)